Bin structure



Patented Aug. 5, 1924e 1,503,576* PAYTE1N-TI'- Fri' FREDERICK H. WILLCOX, or CHICAGO, ILLINosAssIGivoa fro reEYM-Bnessna'rfai c COMPANY, 0Fv CHICAGQ'ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION. or. MAINE.

BN STRU CTURE.

Application fuea Mayr, 1923. serraind.- 637,033.

T o all whom' it. may '-Vcon'cem Be it known `that I, FREDERICK Winn-` Cox; a citizenof the UnitedStated-residing l at Chicago, inthe county ofy Cookand Statestock'bins into vWhicliore or other @lading is dumped from` cars Aspotted upon tracks* carried above the` bin. l Fori-the" purpose' of 4gettin-'g ore into'th'e ore storage yardfo'utside/of the bin, it ha'sbeen"y cominoirpractice tracks. Ore is dumped'i'rointhis Outrigger track and-'forms a tail pile,-the -ni'aterial-in an ore bridge or ore crane.

for the=ore bridge ori ore cranev to reclaim a very great proportion of the oreI dumped from the outriggertrack: Inasrnuch as the Outrigger track is-ordinarily supported by' a cantilever construction; 'a very heavy kand necessary.'

The present invention lhas for one of its objects Vtheprovis'ion of a relatively light Weight though sturdy bin structure 'sof' corr--- structed that froni'traoks placed directlyf above a bin, orev or'other lading -may be" dumped either directly into'- said' binerento a tailfpile placed' laterallyo said binA i A further' object is toprovi'dea bin struci ture 'having' 'tracks mounted thereon vvhichr Will havev the advantage that by siin-ply'spotl-v ting thev cars; lading may bedirectedeither into' bins or into tail pilesl'ocated laterally tureof the' kind referred* to vso` constructed that the material in said tail pile may be simplyA and completely recovered:

A further object is to providea dumping structure so arranged thatby a simple' spot-f ting of the dumping carsv lading may be dumped selectively ingdiferent directions transversely of said dump' cars. i

A further object is-to-pro`vide*dumping struc-ture provided'with tracks which With-r out' the provision-of Outrigger structure will permit-the selective dumping fof lading transversely of the dumping structure.

Further objects Will appear asthe descrip-y tion proceeds. f f

Referringto the drawings Figure l is a sectional view of an -ore bin Aillustrating the principles of :the present invention; and

Figure` is a side view in elevation of lthe-=structure illustrated in Figure' l. toprovide an outriggerv track on the-bin v structure' laterally fofthe first mentioned The numerals l--L'l indicate'upfright"sup-` tracks Sfbut4 permitdumping from cars upon said tracks to lthe space beneath san'ie.Y

At ythe' left hand Vside oftheibin struc'- ture, as indicatedin F igure r'1, 'is the Vsloping bottom el` extending frein a line adjacent tov the upper left hand edge of 'thebin structure to a horizontal line'near thecen= ter line of said bin structure; Y Spacedin' ani zguiar relationship with the sloping bottonil is .thesloping' bottoni 5. rigid construction of the bin support' r1s Said bottoms 4 and' 'form a hopper, space beingprovided between'the lovverniostl-edge"fof vbottoni 4;

and vbottom 5 to permit the passage of ladingdumpedfrom/theleft hand tracks 3 above the sloping bottonie. The bottom y f5 vextends to a line beyond the lovvermost edge ofbottomle fivher'ebyto direct lading' intolthe space 6,A Which'is a bin for yreceiving and storing the dumped lading;

ll'rerightA hand V'side of' the bin structure', asiillustratedV in Figure l, Which is thevfron't side'of said binstructurelas illustrated in' Figure 2, isdivided into a number of bays vspaced longitudinally of the bin structure,

said bays bein-gA divided-'by the uprifrhts l-`l. Several* of said bays are indicated by f the' numerals 7, 8, 9,10 and ll in1Figure'2. Every second bay',"i. e., 7, 9 and'll `in Figure 2, is provided VVWith' a sloping bottom 12 Y extending from aline substantially midvayv of thel bin'str'fu'ctur'e atthe top` thereof,r sloping in the saine `general-direotion as'bottoin 14 and terminating ati-the right haiidfside of* the bin structure as shown in Figure l alongV 'a linesp-aced materiallyfabove the" surface `of the ground; In practice-it hasbeen oufnd convenient to' have said-'spacing' equal toabout 12 feet. The sloping bot-tom 5 may abut against the under side of each of the sloping bottoms 12-12. In the intermediate bays, that is-bays 8 and 10, the sloping bottom 5 extends to the upper right hand edge of the bin structure as shown in Figure 1. Bays 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 will preferably be walled oli from one another, said bays being of such a length longitudinally of the bin structure as to permit the convenient selectiveJ dumping from a railway car into any one of said bays.

In practice, railway dump cars will be run along the two pairs of tracks 3-3 illustrated at the top of the bin structure. Lading dumped from cars on the left hand pair of tracks 3-3 will pass into the hopper provided by the sloping bottoms t and 5, passing through the opening at t-he lower edge of the sloping bottom -l into the bin 6. Lading from cars upon the right hand pair of tracks 3 3 may be selectively directed to the bin 6 or to a, tail pile located to the right of the bin structure as shown in Figure 1, said tail pile being indicated by the numeral 13. This selective dumping is accomplished by suitably spotting the cars upon the right hand pair of tracks 33, forward or rearward movement. of the cars being all that is required for spotting` same and directing lading either to the tail pile 13 or the bin 6.

By reason ot the present invention, the construction of the bin structure is very materially lightened inasmuch as no Outrigger structure is necessary for dumping on the tail pile 13. Inasmuch as no Outrigger structure is required, the remainder of the bin strifcture may be put up of materially lighter material, thereby reducing the cost of erection very materially. Furthermore, by reason of the fact that no outyrigger structure is necessary, all of the material in the tail pile 13 can be reclaimed by an ore bridge or crane. Furthermore, inasmuch as the ore bridge can get closer to the bin structure according to the present invention than to former bin structures employing the Outrigger structure, considerably shorter cantilever arm on said ore bridge is necessary than on bridges used with prior structures such as those referred to.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, but many modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. The disclosure is therefore to be considered in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is intended to cover in this patent all modifications that fall within the scope or' the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Vhat is claimed is:

1. Bin structure, comprising a structural support for two pairs of railroad tracks, a sloping bottom beneath one of said pairs of tracks, a pair of sloping bottoms arranged in angular relation with respect to one another beneath the other of said pairs of tracks, said last mentioned sloping bottoms being divided into bays for directing miaterial selectively in two opposite directions transversely of said bin structure.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a structure, a pair of railroad tracks mounted upon said structure, a pair of sloping bottoms below said tracks, said sloping bottoms being arranged in angular relation with respect to one another and being arranged in bays, the sloping bottom of one of said bays being sloped to direct lading in one direction transversely of said structure, the bottom of the adjoining bay being sloped to direct lading in the opposite direction transversely of said structure.

3. In a device of the kind described, a structure having two pairs of railroad tracks thereon, bottoms sloping in the same general direction, each located below a pair of said tracks, a third sloping bottom in angular relation to said first mentioned sloping bottoms, said third sloping bottom forming an open hopper with one of said iirst mentioned sloping bottoms and being displaced longitudinally with respect to the other of said first mentioned sloping bottoms to provide bays for directing lading alternatively in one direction or the other transversely of said bin structure.

4. Bin structure, comprising supporting means, two pairs of tracks supported thereby, a bottom below each of said tracks, said bottoms sloping in the same general direction, a third bottom sloping in another direction, said third bottom being juxtaposed with respect to one of said bottoms to form an open hopper and being interrelated with the ot-her O said bottoms to provide spaced bays for directing lading alternatively in one direction or the other transversely of said bin structure.

5. Dumping struc-tureE comprising supporting means, two pairs of tracks carried thereby, a first sloping bottom means below one of said pairs of tracks, a second sloping bottom means below the second pair of tracks, and a third bottom means placed to provide an Open hopper with respect to one of said bottom means and having cut out portions for the reception of spaced divisions of said second mentioned bottom means whereby lading deposited upon such spaced divisions will be directed in one direction transversely of said structure and lading` deposited intermediate of said divisions will be directed in the other direction transversely of said structure.

6. An elongated lading dumping structure, comprising supporting means, two pairs of tracks carried thereby, a sloping bottom below one of said pairs of tracks,

sloping bottom means below the other of second sloping bottom being eut out for the said pairs of tracks, said sloping bot-tom and reception of said divisions whereby said said sloping bottom means extending in the sloping bottom means and said second slopsame general direction, and a seco-nd sloping ing bottom provide means for alternatively bottom extending oppositely to said sloping directing lading in one direction or the other 15 bottom and said slopingbottom means, said transversely of said bin structure. second sloping bottom being placed to pro- Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 8 day of vide an open hopper with respect to said May, 1923.

irst bottom, said sloping bottom means le being divided into spaced divisions, said FREDERICK H. WILLCOX. 

